Table 2.
Disease-related characteristics of children with nephrotic syndrome in comprehensive specialized hospitals of Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia, 2019 (N = 174).
| Variables | Category | Total (%) | Event (%) | Censored (%) |
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| HTN | Yes | 90 (51.7) | 32 (35.6) | 58 (64.4) |
| No | 84 (48.3) | 30 (35.7) | 54 (64.3) | |
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| Infection | Yes | 102 (58.6) | 58 (57) | 44 (43) |
| No | 72 (41.4%) | 4 (5.6) | 68 (94.4) | |
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| History of allergy | Yes | 29 (16.7%) | 20 (69) | 9 (31) |
| No | 145 (83.3%) | 42 (29) | 103 (71) | |
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| Time to achieve remission (days) | 0-7 | 19 (10.9%) | 4 (21) | 15 (79) |
| 8-14 | 80 (46%) | 21 (26.3) | 59 (73.8) | |
| >14 | 75 (43.1%) | 37 (49.3) | 38 (50.7) | |
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| Duration of treatment (weeks) | <8 | 39 (22.4%) | 16 (41) | 23 (59) |
| ≥8 | 135 (77.6%) | 46 (34) | 89 (66) | |
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| Nutrition | Normal | 128 (73.6) | 30 (23.4) | 98 (76.6) |
| Undernutrition | 46 (26.4) | 32 (69.6) | 14 (30.4) | |
Abbreviation: HTN: hypertension.